Male officers get dressed as women before going on patrol in Nagoya.

Nagoya policemen dress in drag to nab purse snatchers

Friday 27th November, 09:00 AM JST

The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.

› Login to comment

Latest 15 of 70 Total Comments Show All

quato at 07:42 PM JST - 27th November

It's not "...women, who are weak." It's "...women who are weak." There's nothing sexist about it without the comma.

The original Japanese quote is 力が弱い女性 so you're right.
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 07:45 PM JST - 27th November

Somebody has probably already said it, but... This probably started by some cop getting caught in drag and "nabbing purse snatchers" was the first excuse that came to his mind.
Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land at 07:53 PM JST - 27th November

One 26-year-old officer said: “It’s cowardly to target women who are weak.”

Makes more sense than targeting big strapping lumberjacks or truckers.

Yeah, because they don't carry purses. ;)
Miyaratmosphere at 10:14 PM JST - 27th November

hahahahahaa @ perspective
Miyaratmosphere at 10:16 PM JST - 27th November

the J-Clown KeyStones can't get any more shameless and lower than this... Shame on you, dressing like women...mocking and insulting real women with your bad taste, keystones!! Really dirty dirty, drag-queens look better than ya'll!
WilliB at 01:13 AM JST - 28th November

I don´t think they have to look good to attract handbag snatchers.
fondofj at 02:40 AM JST - 28th November

Why they need to dress like women? Why don't they use women forces like used in groping cases? It's effective and obvious fact that using female cops is the best way to make a trap for the snachters. This is just for show that the police dept. is doing something.
mindovermatter at 06:31 PM JST - 28th November

I can see the headlines in a week or two...

Nagoya's special undercover purse-snatching police unit busted for groping women and stealing underwear in female restrooms.

Who wants to take this bet...?
Synista at 04:37 PM JST - 29th November

....so how many of these cops that got this job are したぎどろぼ　？？？ bet a lot of them LOVED the chance to dress up like women...... And yeah they probably looked real convincing ...trying to walk like a real women LMAO.. what's next ...female cops dressing like men????
airrunwesker at 05:49 AM JST - 30th November

This will make a fine addition to my "wall of strange" collection from Japanese headlines! Oh who am I kidding... this story gets me hot!
Mexicanish at 09:38 AM JST - 30th November

Why do they announce this now? Shouldn't they wait until uhm... after the sting?
Kapuna at 01:14 PM JST - 30th November

By announcing in advance that male policemen will dress in drag might hopefully, stop at least some who may be contemplating purse snatching.
gogogo at 12:13 PM JST - 1st December

One 26-year-old officer said: “It’s cowardly to target women who are weak.” Another 25-year-old policeman admitted that he “panicked” when a male driver propositioned him from his car.

Firstly, did they arrest the other policeman? Secondly why would you panic you are a policeman!
gogogo at 12:14 PM JST - 1st December

Thirdly, this is entrapment plain and simple, fourthly why couldn't they actually get a real woman to do this!?
kirakira25 at 09:01 AM JST - 3rd December

I`m not a psycologist but imagining myself a purse-snatcher for a moment, I would be far more inclined to go for the weak-looking ones than the strapping women striding confidently along the street. They need to be trained to ALSO think "muffin or croissant?" as they walk.